Inger Beate Larsen

• Strømland, Monica; Larsen, Inger Beate; Fredwall, Terje Emil & Topor, Alain Pierre (2026). Non-Recovery Stories: Relational and Structural Constraints on Recovery. Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health. ISSN 2198-9834. p. 1–16. doi: 10.1007/s40737-026-00540-z. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Abstract: Recovery research has mainly focused on optimistic, progress oriented narratives, yet such accounts often overlook experiences in which recovery is hindered rather than supported. This study examines non‑recovery stories as told by people with lived experience of recovery from mental health challenges and/or substance use in Norway. The aim was to explore how participants describe situations hindering recovery, and to develop knowledge about barriers embedded in everyday service encounters and wider welfare arrangements. The article draws on qualitative data collected in 2019 through focus groups, paired and individual interviews with a total of 29 participants. A reflexive thematic analysis was conducted. For the purposes of this paper, we selectively analysed interview segments in which participants described non‑recovery situations. Three overarching themes were developed. The first captures how medication was frequently prioritised over listening, dialogue and relational continuity. The second theme concerns encounters with professionals characterised as distant, unavailable or procedural, “like talking to a wall”, which participants experienced as invalidating and as barriers to trust, recognition and engagement. The third theme highlights how rigid welfare structures, bureaucratic demands, unstable housing and economic precarity shaped everyday life conditions, producing cycles of discontinuity, insecurity and abandonment that undermined recovery. The findings show that recovery is shaped as much by social, organisational and material environments as by individual capacities or clinical interventions. Attending to non‑recovery stories broadens understandings of recovery and underscores the need for service models that address the relational and structural conditions within which recovery is expected to unfold.

• Topor, Alain Pierre; Skatvedt, Astrid Helene; Larsen, Inger Beate & Bøe, Tore Dag (2026). Enabling Fuzziness: Autopsy of the Impact of Enabling Situations on Mental ‘Illness’. Qualitative Inquiry. ISSN 1077-8004. doi: 10.1177/10778004261442754. Full text in Research Archive
• Friesinger, Jan Georg; Larsen, Inger Beate & Topor, Alain Pierre (2025). Når du vet hvor du er, vet du hvem du er. Psyke & Logos. ISSN 0107-1211. 46(2), p. 73–89. doi: 10.7146/pl.v46i2.165675. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Mennesker har behov for et hjem, uavhengig av deres livssituasjon. I denne artikkelen vektlegger vi betydningen av at kommunalt psykisk helse- og rusarbeid også foregår i boligene til mennesker som trenger hjelp. Vi redegjør for utviklingen fra asylbyggingstiden til dagens boformer med fokus på nordiske forhold. Videre ser vi nærmere på hva som skjer når profesjonelle kommer hjem til mennesker med psykiske helse- og/eller rusutfordringer og hvordan privatlivet endrer seg. Til slutt diskuterer vi risikoen for institusjonalisering av hjemmet, basert på sosiale og materielle dimensjoner. Samtidig utforsker vi behovet for en avinstituasjonalisering av hjemmet som kan understøtte menneskers selvstendighet og personlige utforming av hjemmet.

• Flaaten, Ellen; Friesinger, Jan Georg & Larsen, Inger Beate (2025). The Significance of Reflexive Negotiation in Networks - Networks and meaning in people with mental health and/or substance-use challenges. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health. 8. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmqr.2025.100619. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  People with mental health or substance abuse problems often face social difficulties. At the same time, research highlights the importance of social factors as determinants of mental health. These phenomena are distinct yet intertwined. Looking for explanations in health and social factors may seem complex but raises questions about linkages between actor and structure. In this study we aim to circumvent what we believe to be simplifications when understanding networks as “structural effects” by maintaining a grounded approach. We critically examine perceptions of networks in an attempt to bridge a gap between the individual and structural level by asking two questions: “What are the characteristics of the networks of users of community mental health services, and what aspects of their network do users highlight as important?”. The findings show some variation in network structures, but as expected, several participants reported small and/or homogeneous networks. A conscious attitude toward different but contradictory relational and personal perspectives seems to be significant. For example, maintaining a sufficient number of relationships conflicted with evaluations of one's own health and assessments of relationship qualities. We argue that this evokes a negotiating way of being and suggest that reflexivity might serve as a missing mechanism challenging structural perspectives yet simultaneously representing new structures.

• Eriksen, Alison Axisa; Fredwall, Terje Emil & Larsen, Inger Beate (2025). Negative experiences with primary care services in Norway expressed in patient and next-of-kin complaints - a qualitative study. BMC Health Services Research. 25. doi: 10.1186/s12913-025-12231-9. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Background Primary health care has been central to achieving universal health coverage. In Norway, there has been increased pressure on primary care services in recent years. Patient complaints offer key insights into care quality, and qualitative analysis of patient complaints can help healthcare professionals reflect on and improve their practices. The aim of this study is to provide an understanding of negative experiences with primary care in Norway, as expressed in complaints to the Health and Social Services Ombudsman (Ombudsman). Methods An explorative descriptive qualitative design was employed. Document analysis was used to examine earlier complaints. A total of 221 complaints were analysed via reflexive thematic analysis. The participants consisted of a sample of patients and next of kin who made complaints regarding primary care services to the Ombudsman in Norway in 2019. Results Four themes were developed through thematic analysis: 1) the services patients received did not align with their perceived needs; 2) patients experienced disrupted transitions between healthcare services; 3) patients and next of kin encountered substandard case handling; and 4) insufficient services placed a heavy burden on next of kin. These findings were integrated to a patient-centred framework to provide structure and make them more accessible to healthcare providers. Conclusions This study highlights the challenges faced by patients and their next of kin related to Norwegian primary care services, pointing to a gap between the expected quality of healthcare services and the services received and to nudging next of kin to provide informal care.

• Larsen, Inger Beate & Friesinger, Jan Georg (2025). I et rom i et hus i en have: Psykososial helse som forbindelser mellom mennesker og materialitet. In Andersen, Anders Johan W. & Haugland, Siri Håvås (Ed.), Perspektiver på psykososial helse. Fagbokforlaget. ISSN 9788245053180. p. 93–106. doi: 10.55669/oa550205. Full text in Research Archive
• Friesinger, Jan Georg; Topor, Alain Pierre; Lindvig, Gunnhild Ruud & Larsen, Inger Beate (2024). Micropolitics of Mental Health Recovery: An Assemblage Analysis of People’s Experiences of Becoming Well. Community mental health journal. ISSN 0010-3853. doi: 10.1007/s10597-024-01311-5. Full text in Research Archive
• Friesinger, Jan Georg; Flåto, Maja & Larsen, Inger Beate (2024). Et kritisk blikk på tekster om boliger for personer med psykisk helse- og/eller rusproblematikk: Ideen om den best egnete boligen (A critical perspective on texts about housing for people with mental health and/or substance-use problems: The idea about the most suitable housing). Norsk sosiologisk tidsskrift. 8(5), p. 1–16. doi: 10.18261/nost.8.5.3. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Siden begynnelsen av 2000-tallet har ulike boligløsninger for personer med psykisk helse- og/eller rusproblematikk blitt etablert i norske kommuner. I denne studien har vi brukt en diskursiv tilnærming og analysert tekster (forskningsrapporter, kommunale dokumenter og veiledere) om slike boliger. Våre funn viser at beboerne beskrives som «forskjellige fra oss», som noen som tilhører en gruppe hvor alle har «samme behov», og som trenger «unormal normalitet». Videre synliggjør tekstene at boligene plasseres på steder utenfor ordinære bomiljø, at det benyttes robust materiale i utformingen, og at boligene skal være små. På den måten tegnes det et felles boligspråk om den best egnete boligen innen psykisk helse- og rusfeltet, som kan legitimere en rigid, kommunal boligpraksis. Artikkelen konkluderer med at slike boligmodeller bidrar til stigmatisering.

• Eriksen, Alison Axisa; Fegran, Liv; Fredwall, Terje Emil & Larsen, Inger Beate (2023). Patients' negative experiences with health care settings brought to light by formal complaints: A qualitative metasynthesis. Journal of Clinical Nursing (JCN). ISSN 0962-1067. 32(17-18), p. 5816–5835. doi: 10.1111/jocn.16704. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Introduction: Narratives of negative patient experiences expressed in complaints can help health care professionals reflect on their practices. Aims: To synthesise evidence from qualitative primary studies on patients’ negative experiences with different health care settings and to obtain a detailed picture of what patients find problematic while receiving health care. Design: Metasynthesis inspired by Sandelowski and Barroso. Methods: A protocol was published in the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO). A systematic search was conducted in CINAHL (EBSCOhost), MEDLINE (EBSCOhost), PsycInfo (Ovid) and Scopus, on 20.04.2021. Backward and forward citations of included reports were searched for relevant studies and the search was completed in March 2022. Two researchers independently screened and appraised the included reports. A metasynthesis using reflexive thematic analysis and a metasummary were conducted. Results: Twenty-four reports were included, and four main themes were extracted from the metasynthesis: 1) problems with access to health care services; 2) failure to acquire information about diagnosis, treatment, and the expected patient role; 3) experiencing inappropriate care and bad treatment; and 4) problems with trusting health care service providers. Conclusions: Negative patient experiences impact patients’ physical and psychological health, leading to suffering and hampering patients from involving themselves in their health care. Relevance to clinical practice: Narratives of negative patient experiences aggregated from the findings provide knowledge about what patients need and expect from health care providers. These narratives can help health care professionals reflect on the way they interact with patients and improve their practice. Health care organisations need to prioritize patient participation. Reporting Method: Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines were followed. Patient or Public Contribution: Findings were presented and discussed in a meeting with a reference group representing patients, health care professionals and the public.

• Moen, Ellen Ånestad; Larsen, Inger Beate & Walseth, Liv Tveit (2023). Employment and mental health recovery: Revealing unused potential in multi-agency meetings. Nordisk tidsskrift for livskvalitet og bærekraftig velferdsutvikling. 2(1), p. 5–19. doi: 10.18261/njwel.2.1.2. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Many people with mental health difficulties find employment crucial for their recovery and well-being. Collaboration among jobseekers, therapists in mental health services and social workers in welfare services might be essential to reach this recovery goal. In this qualitative study, we explore experiences from meetings within an individual placement and support (IPS) intervention in Norway. IPS is a vocational rehabilitation method emphasising collaboration between mental healthcare and social welfare practitioners. Although previous studies have found this collaboration challenging, none have explored these meetings. We conducted individual semi-structured interviews with 18 participants from six collaborating groups, i.e. six jobseekers, six therapists and six social workers, shortly after they had attended a meeting. To analyse the interviews, we used reflexive thematic analysis. The study revealed that the jobseekers expected the meetings to be an opportunity to elaborate on their situation, challenges and support needs. However, they experienced that this was only sometimes the case. Although the therapists and social workers thought they were the jobseekers’ meetings and wanted to hear about their situations, the meetings became more characterised by information exchange than dialogue. We claim that this shows the unused potential of the meetings, as well as the unused possibilities to facilitate recovery.

• Lindvig, Gunnhild Ruud; Larsen, Inger Beate & Topor, Alain Pierre (2023). Nye steder og hjelpsomme handlinger. In Hem, Marit Helene & Aarre, Trond F. (Ed.), Relasjonens betydning : om fundamentet i psykisk helse- og rusarbeid.. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 9788205568709. p. 171–185. Full text in Research Archive
• Topor, Alain Pierre; Bøe, Tore Dag & Larsen, Inger Beate (2022). The Lost Social Context of Recovery Psychiatrization of a Social Process. Frontiers in Sociology. 7, p. 1–14. doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2022.832201. Full text in Research Archive
• Hovdal, Dag Ove Granås; Haugen, Tommy; Larsen, Inger Beate & Johansen, Bjørn Tore (2021). “It’s Not Just About the Activity, It’s Also About How the Activity is Facilitated”: Investigating Students’ Experiences in Two Competitive Situations in Physical Education. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research. ISSN 0031-3831. doi: 10.1080/00313831.2021.2006306. Full text in Research Archive
• Topor, Alain Pierre; Fredwall, Terje Emil; Hodøl, Elin Kristin Svoren & Larsen, Inger Beate (2021). Before Recovery: A Blind Spot in Recovery Research? Users’ Narratives About the Origins and Development of their Mental Health and/or Addiction Problems. Journal of Recovery in Mental Health. 4(2), p. 29–47. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Objective: Recently, the position of persons with mental health and drug problems has evolved from victim of an illness to holder of an experience-based knowledge (EBK). Studies about recovery are often based on recovery narratives. However, focusing on components of the recovery process—parts of this EBK concerned with the causes, onset, and journey before the proper recovery process—risks forming a blind spot. In this study, we aim to analyze service users’ EBK about recovery, the backgrounds and causes of the problems, and how they related these conditions to their recovery journey. Research Design and Methods: We interviewed 29 persons in recovery. Data were analyzed by using thematic analysis. Results: We found that a childhood characterized by violence and abuse reoccurred in the stories. The child’s situation was not addressed by schools, social agencies, or neighbours, creating an experience of social isolation and invisibility. Mental health distress and drug abuse were described as ways of managing these situations, until these became problems in themselves. The recovery journey started in a situation of despair and with a decision to stop using the developed threat response. For many, this meant going back to a situation of loneliness and invisibility before finding places and people and allowing experiences of being part of a positive context where they could also contribute. Conclusions: There is a risk of a blind spot in recovery research. EBK should be used to develop recovery-oriented services and also preventive interventions directed toward the social and psychological conditions in which children are raised.

• Bøe, Tore Dag; Bertelsen, Bård; Larsen, Inger Beate & Topor, Alain Pierre (2021). A qualitative fallacy: Life trapped in interpretations and stories. Qualitative Research. ISSN 1468-7941. doi: 10.1177/14687941211041916. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  This paper points out some problematic aspects of qualitative research based on interviews and uses examples from mental health. The narrative approach is explored while inquiring if the reality of life here is forced into the formula of a chronological story. The hermeneutic approach, in general, is also examined, and we ask if the reality of life in this scenario becomes caught up in a web of interpretations. Inspired by ideas from Bakhtin and phenomenology, we argue for interview-based research that stays with unresolvedness and constantly question the web of interpretations and narratives that determine our experiences. This also chimes with certain dialogical practices in mental health in which tolerance of uncertainty is the guiding principle. Concludingly, we suggest that interview-based research could be a practice of ‘un-resolving’ in which researchers, together with the participants, look for cracks, contradictions, and complexities to prevent the qualitative fallacies of well-organized meanings and well-composed stories.

• Hovdal, Dag Ove Granås; Haugen, Tommy; Larsen, Inger Beate & Johansen, Bjørn Tore (2021). Students’ experiences and learning of social inclusion in team activities in physical education. European Physical Education Review. ISSN 1356-336X. 27(4), p. 889–907. doi: 10.1177/1356336X211002855. Full text in Research Archive
• Larsen, Inger Beate; Friesinger, Jan Georg; Strømland, Monica & Topor, Alain Pierre (2021). You realise you are better when you want to live, want to go out, want to see people: Recovery as assemblage. International Journal of Social Psychiatry. ISSN 0020-7640. p. 1–8. doi: 10.1177/00207640211019452. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Background: The lack of social and material perspectives in descriptions of recovery processes is almost common in recovery research. Aim: Consequently, we investigated recovery stories and how people with mental health and/or addiction challenges included social and material aspects in these stories. Method: We conducted focus group and individual interviews. We investigated how the participants narrated their stories and how they assembled places and people in their recovery stories. Results: We found that narratives of recovery became assemblages where humans and their environments co-exist and are interdependent. Conclusion: As such, narratives about recovery are about everyday assemblages of well-being into which stories of insecurity are interwoven, without a start or stop point.

• Topor, Alain Pierre; Bøe, Tore Dag & Larsen, Inger Beate (2021). Berättelser på tvärs – erfarenhetsbaserad kunskap utanför det tillåtna? Tidsskrift for psykisk helsearbeid. ISSN 1503-6707. 18(3), p. 260–271. doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-3010-2021-03-03. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Brukarnas erfarenhetsbaserade kunskap har länge tystats ner eller omtolkats enligt de professionellas teorier. Idag bygger en växande forskning på en acceptans av deras erfarenheter. Finns det då inte en risk att berättelserna nu bygger upp ett nytt mönster för vad som kan berättas? I artikeln analyseras ett utdrag ur en intervju om en vändpunkt i en recoveryprocess. Vad som framstår som ohörsamhet och maktutövande från personalen uppfattas i intervjun som tecken på en djupare förståelse. Slutsatsen är behovet av att acceptera avvikande berättelser och hålla samma kritiska distans till brukarnas berättelser, som till professionellas och myndigheternas.

• Larsen, Inger Beate; Topor, Alain Pierre & Bøe, Tore Dag (2021). Pleieuniformen på sengen – om steder, gjenstander og bedring The nurse uniform on the bed – on places, objects and recovery. Tidsskrift for psykisk helsearbeid. ISSN 1503-6707. 18(3), p. 272–282. doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-3010-2021-03-04. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Humans do not live in a void, but are interwoven with places, rooms, objects, and people. The article investigates how material surroundings are a part of a person’s recovery history. One qualitative interview was analyzed by assemblage theory to clarify the connections and forces between materiality (the non-human) and people (the human). The recovery history has no specific starting point, but shows how the person is moving back and forth between de- and reterritorialization. He is seeking out new and unknown places and people which represent a route towards recovery, and at the same time he returns to a well-known life as a patient. Recovery is a back-and-forth process which implies the importance of preparing for the possibility of moving between the known and unknown state.

• Bøe, Tore Dag; Larsen, Inger Beate & Topor, Alain Pierre (2021). «Ikke la meg være i fred»: om et comeback til sosial responsivitet “Don’t leave me in peace”: on a comeback to social responsivity. Tidsskrift for psykisk helsearbeid. ISSN 1503-6707. 18(3), p. 283–294. doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-3010-2021-03-05. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Artikkelen utforsker betydningen av «små ting» i livene til mennesker med psykiske vansker. Utgangspunktet er et intervju der en mann fortalte om et vendepunkt i sin bedringsprosess. En ansatt ved en psykiatrisk sengepost lot han ikke være i fred og provoserte frem ulike responser hos han. Intervjuet utforskes gjennom en fenomenologisk og hermeneutisk «rund-dans» mellom mannens beskrivelser, de inntrykk det gjorde på oss når vi leste dem og ideer fra litteraturen. Vi foreslår at det mannen beskriver kan forstås som et «comeback til sosial responsivitet» og et «etisk-politisk jeg» som trer frem. «Jeg-et» som etikken og politikken er avhengig av står i fare for å forsvinne i psykisk helsearbeid, både i personsentrerte og sosialt orienterte praksiser.

• Larsen, Inger Beate; Bøe, Tore Dag & Topor, Alain Pierre (2020). Things matter: about materiality and recovery from mental health difficulties. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being. ISSN 1748-2623. 15(1). doi: 10.1080/17482631.2020.1802909. Full text in Research Archive
• Moen, Ellen Ånestad; Larsen, Inger Beate & Walseth, Liv Tveit (2020). General support versus individual work support: a qualitative study of social workers and therapists in collaboration meetings within individual placement and support. European Journal of Social Work. ISSN 1369-1457. 25(1). doi: 10.1080/13691457.2020.1857706. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  This study aims to increase understanding of how social workers and therapists contribute to cooperation meetings within the individual placement and support intervention. The individual placement and support model of supported employment is expanding worldwide. Although several quantitative studies have shown this model`s effect, the need for qualitative studies on collaboration within this intervention is evident. The individual placement and support fidelity manual presents clear expectations to the social workers and therapist in the cooperation. Still, few previous studies investigate how these expectations are met in praxis. This study draws on sixteen collaboration meetings, recorded, transcribed, and analysed using reflexive thematic analyses. It shows that the social workers and therapists did, to a limited extent, adapting their support to the expectations of personalised work support inherent in the individual placement and support intervention. They underestimated their importance in collaboration meetings, and this limited the dialogue. Further qualitative studies are needed to understand how social workers and therapists experience their contribution to individual placement and support and their reasons underestimating their importance. Still, we suggest that more individualised work support from the social workers and therapists could help people who choose individual placement and support to succeed in work life.

• Friesinger, Jan Georg; Topor, Alain; Bøe, Tore Dag & Larsen, Inger Beate (2020). Materialities in supported housing for people with mental health problems: a blurry picture of the tenants. Sociology of Health and Illness. ISSN 0141-9889. 47(7), p. 1742–1758. doi: 10.1111/1467-9566.13162. Full text in Research Archive
• Hovdal, Dag Ove Granås; Larsen, Inger Beate; Haugen, Tommy & Johansen, Bjørn Tore (2020). Understanding disruptive situations in physical education: Teaching style and didactic implications. European Physical Education Review. ISSN 1356-336X. 27(3), p. 455–472. doi: 10.1177/1356336X20960498. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Several studies have emphasized the importance of handling disruptive situations in the physical education (PE) learning environment; however, few have investigated complex disruptive situations in PE and included both teacher and student perspectives. The aims of this study, which discusses an alternative teaching style for reducing disruptive situations, were to gain a better understanding of student and teacher experiences of complex disruptive situations in PE, and to explore how the teacher handled these situations. The philosophical perspective used in this study was Rorty’s philosophical pragmatism. Methods included written narratives, interviews, observation, and video recordings of PE lessons. Data were thematically analysed. The results showed the complexity of teacher and student experiences in disruptive situations in PE. Disruptive situations occurred when there were environmental opportunities for them, such as during periods of waiting and situations in which the teacher spoke too much, did not pay attention to the whole class, or did not intervene. The teacher used an instructional teaching style for handling disruptive situations, including being very clear, nagging, yelling, waiting them out, making eye contact, and talking to them later. The instructional teaching style provided fewer opportunities for the teacher to understand the students’ behaviour, fewer opportunities for students to learn self-control and personal and social responsibility, and did not lead to a reduction of disruptive situations over the data creation period. The practical consequence of this teaching style seemed to be the frequent use of behaviour corrections for reducing disruptive situations.

• Fredwall, Terje Emil & Larsen, Inger Beate (2020). Plikt til samarbeid, invitasjon til konflikt? Sykepleierrollen i norske høysikkerhetsfengsel. In Lysaker, Odin & Fredwall, Terje Emil (Ed.), Verdier i konflikt: Etikk i et mangfoldig samfunn. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 9788202675295. p. 73–100. doi: 10.23865/noasp.95.ch4. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Vi lever i et mangfoldig samfunn preget av forskjellige og til dels motstridende verdier. Noen ganger skaper de fellesskap. Andre ganger fører de til verdikonflikter. I denne boken skriver tolv norske forskere om slike verdikonflikter og måten de utspiller seg på i arbeidsliv og i det offentlige rom. Felles for mange av bidragene i boken er forsøket på å kaste lys over et såkalt verdimessig uenighetsfellesskap. Dette innebærer at vi er enige om å være uenige. Som samfunn kan innbyggerne forsøke å samles om noen felles, grunnleggende verdier. Fellesskapstanken kan likevel ikke forutsette at alle samfunnsmedlemmer blir enige om sine personlige verdisyn.

• Lindvig, Gunnhild Ruud; Topor, Alain Pierre; Bøe, Tore Dag & Larsen, Inger Beate (2020). Bofellesskap, bil og relasjoner En utforsking av ansattes og beboeres erfaringer med og ønsker om bilbruk. Tidsskrift for omsorgsforskning. ISSN 2387-5976. 6(3), p. 1–13. doi: 10.18261/issn.2387-5984-2020-03-07. Full text in Research Archive
• Moen, Ellen Ånestad; Walseth, Liv Tveit & Larsen, Inger Beate (2020). Experiences of participating in individual placement and support: a meta-ethnographic review and synthesis of qualitative studies. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. ISSN 0283-9318. p. 1–10. doi: 10.1111/scs.12848. Full text in Research Archive
• Lindvig, Gunnhild Ruud; Topor, Alain Pierre; Bøe, Tore Dag & Larsen, Inger Beate (2020). “I will never forget him”. A qualitative exploration of staff descriptions of helpful relationships in supportive housing. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. ISSN 1351-0126. doi: 10.1111/jpm.12673. Full text in Research Archive
• Friesinger, Jan Georg; Topor, Alain Pierre; Bøe, Tore Dag & Larsen, Inger Beate (2019). Studies regarding supported housing and the built environment for people with mental health problems: A mixed-methods literature review. Health and Place. ISSN 1353-8292. 57, p. 44–53. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.03.006. Full text in Research Archive
• Bøe, Tore Dag; Larsen, Inger Beate & Topor, Alain Pierre (2019). Nothing matters: The Significance of the Unidentifiable, the Superficial and Nonsense. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being. ISSN 1748-2623. 14(1). doi: 10.1080/17482631.2019.1684780. Full text in Research Archive
• Lindvig, Gunnhild Ruud; Bøe, Tore Dag; Topor, Alain Pierre & Larsen, Inger Beate (2019). ‘It’s not just a lot of words’. A qualitative exploration of residents’ descriptions of helpful relationships in supportive housing. European Journal of Social Work. ISSN 1369-1457. doi: 10.1080/13691457.2019.1682523. Full text in Research Archive
• Friesinger, Jan Georg; Topor, Alain Pierre; Bøe, Tore Dag & Larsen, Inger Beate (2019). The ambiguous influences of fire safety on people with mental health problems in supported housing. Palgrave Communications. 5. doi: 10.1057/s41599-019-0230-0. Full text in Research Archive
• Fredwall, Terje Emil; Andersen, Anders Johan W. & Larsen, Inger Beate (2019). Historier om en sjømann: Virkelighetskonstruksjoner i norske lærebøker i psykiatri. In Kolstad, Arnulf & Kogstad, Ragnfrid Eline (Ed.), Grunnlagsproblemer i vitenskapene om mennesket. Abstrakt forlag. ISSN 9788279353942. p. 161–178. Full text in Research Archive
• Larsen, Inger Beate; Topor, Alain Pierre & Bøe, Tore Dag (2019). ‘It’s not just a lot of words’. A qualitative exploration of residents’ descriptions of helpful relationships in supportive housing. European Journal of Social Work. ISSN 1369-1457. doi: 10.1080/13691457.2019.1682523. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Denne artikkelen utforsker, fra tjenestebrukeres perspektiv, hvordan profesjonelle relasjoner kan være til hjelp i bofellesskap for mennesker med alvorlige psykiske problemer og/eller rusproblemer. Beboere ble intervjuet individuelt om sin relasjon til en selvvalgt ansatt, innholdet i hjelpen fra denne ansatte og hvordan denne hjelpen påvirket beboerens liv. Ved å bruke tematisk analyse fant vi at beboerne beskrev gjensidige relasjoner som lignet på vennskap og at hjelpsomme ansatte utførte en rekke handlinger. Vi fant fire ulike typer handlinger; små menneskelige gester, initiativ til og gjennomføring av sosiale aktiviteter, hjelp til selvhjelp og kamp på vegne av beboerne for å sikre rettighetene deres. For noen av beboerne hadde disse handlingene livsforvandlende effekt. Vi anbefaler at man ved fordeling av primærkontakter innen psykisk helsearbeid tilrettelegger for muligheter til å utvikle vennskapslignende relasjoner og at det gis rom for at ansatte kan utføre et mangfold av handlinger utfra tjenestebrukernes erfarte behov. This article explores how professional relationships may be helpful from the perspective of residents in community-based staffed supportive housing for individuals with severe mental illness (SMI) and/or drug abuse. Residents were individually interviewed about a relationship with a self-chosen staff member, the content of the help provided by this staff member and how this help influenced their lives. Using thematic analysis, we found that the residents described mutual relationships that resembled friendships and helpful staff members who carried out a variety of doings. Four domains of doings were identified: small human gestures, filling the hours with ‘friendship’, enabling the residents to take care of their own needs and fighting on behalf of the residents to ensure rights and benefits. To some of the residents, these doings had life-changing impact. We propose that mental health service management should facilitate friendship resemblance when matching professionals and service users, and we warn against a pitfall were present ‘recovery ideals’, such as independency, contradict the idea of helping by doing.

• Larsen, Inger Beate (2018). Makten i detaljene. In Øye, Christine; Sørensen, Nelli Øvre & Martinsen, Kari Marie (Ed.), Å tenke med Foucault. Fagbokforlaget. ISSN 9788245022247. Full text in Research Archive
• Gelius, Heidi; Løwe, Erlend & Larsen, Inger Beate (2018). «Viktig å se mennesket bak dommen» Fagpersoners erfaringer med mennesker dømt til tvungent psykisk helsevern. Tidsskrift for psykisk helsearbeid. ISSN 1503-6707. 15(1), p. 4–15. doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-3010-2018-01-02. Full text in Research Archive
• Topor, Alain Pierre; Bøe, Tore Dag & Larsen, Inger Beate (2018). Small Things, Micro-Affirmation and Helpful Professionals Everyday Recovery-Oriented Practices According to Persons with Mental health Problems. Community mental health journal. ISSN 0010-3853. 54(8), p. 1212–1220. doi: 10.1007/s10597-018-0245-9. Full text in Research Archive
• Fredwall, Terje Emil & Larsen, Inger Beate (2018). Textbook descriptions of people with psychosis – some ethical aspects. Nursing Ethics. ISSN 0969-7330. 26(5), p. 1554–1565. doi: 10.1177/0969733017753742. Full text in Research Archive
• Bachke, Carl Christian & Larsen, Inger Beate (2017). Fra behandling til recovery. En review-studie av forskning på dagsentra for mennesker med psykiske lidelser. Nordisk tidsskrift for helseforskning. ISSN 1504-3614. 13(2). doi: 10.7557/14.4213. Full text in Research Archive
• Christiansen, Wenche Skeivoll; Karlsen, Tor-Ivar & Larsen, Inger Beate (2017). Materiell og profesjonell stigmatisering av mennesker med sykelig overvekt. Nordisk tidsskrift for helseforskning. ISSN 1504-3614. 13(2). doi: 10.7557/14.4195. Full text in Research Archive
• Larsen, Inger Beate & Topor, Alain Pierre (2017). A place for the heart: A journey in the post-asylum landscape. Metaphors and materiality. Health and Place. ISSN 1353-8292. 45, p. 145–151. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2017.03.015. Full text in Research Archive
• Larsen, Inger Beate; Thorød, Anne Brita; Bøe, Tore Dag; Lindvig, Gunnhild Ruud & Nodeland, Siren (2017). Samarbeidsforskning: En aktivitet fra A til Å - eller fra B til Ø? In Støkken, Anne Marie & Willumsen, Elisabeth (Ed.), Brukerstemmer, praksisforskning og innovasjon. Portal forlag. ISSN 9788283141122. p. 136–149. Full text in Research Archive
• Andersen, Anders Johan W.; Larsen, Inger Beate & Topor, Alain Pierre (2016). Caring through Discipline? Analyzing House Rules in Community Mental Health Services in Norway. Scandinavian Psychologist. 3(e1). doi: 10.15714/scandpsychol.3.e1. Full text in Research Archive
• Larsen, Inger Beate & Melhuus, Else Cathrine (2016). The presence of things: A study of the lego brick and the medication box as participants in peoples’ lives. Social Space. ISSN 2084-7696. 11(1), p. 54–73. Full text in Research Archive
• Andersen, Anders Johan W.; Borg, Marit; Karlsson, Bengt Eirik & Larsen, Inger Beate (2016). Mer av det samme? En studie av tildelings­praksiser i Program for psykisk helse, Norges forsknings­råd i perioden 1995–2015. Scandinavian Psychologist. 3. doi: 10.15714/scandpsychol.3.e13. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  More of the same? A study of the funding practices of The Research Council of Norway’s Programs for Mental Health in the period 1995 to 2015 The objective of this paper is to examine the funding practices of The Research Council of Norway’s Programs for Mental Health during the time period from 1995 to 2015. The paper’s foci are on funded research groups and professions, main topics, and research questions. The empirical data consists of 138 project abstracts. The findings reveal a discrepancy between the national policies and funding practices during the program periods, where narrow knowledge development like biological, genetic, and neurological is given priority. Research focusing on community mental health and living conditions is rarely funded. The paper discusses decision-making practices, revealing that new research groups and projects that attend to more comprehensive mental health issues are rarely funded. This is a paradox in our modern days with innovation, originality, and service user involvement on the agenda.

• Einbu, Marianne & Larsen, Inger Beate (2016). Innenfrakunnskap om årsaker til truende atferd eller aggresjon og alternativer til bruk av tvangsmidler :. Tidsskrift for psykisk helsearbeid. ISSN 1503-6707. 13(1/2), p. 24–33. doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-3010-2016-01-02-04. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Studien beskriver hva mennesker som har vært tvangsinnlagt i akuttavdelinger i psykisk helsevern, mener har bidratt til at de var truende eller utagerende, og hvordan tvangsmiddelbruk kunne vært unngått. Fem personer som hadde vært innlagt ved akuttavdelinger i Norge, ble intervjuet. Funnene er: a) Enkelte regler ble betegnet som meningsløse og provoserende, og kunne utløse truende atferd/utagering. b) Tiltak som skulle hjelpe pasienten, slik som skjerming, tvangsmedisinering eller beltelegging, ble beskrevet som provoserende og kunne resultere i trusler eller utagering. c) Alle informantene savnet mellommenneskelig kontakt i form av omsorg og samtaler, noe som ble løftet fram som alternativer til tvangsmidler.

• Nodeland, Steinar; Larsen, Inger Beate; Mohamedi, Khunche; Nodeland, Siren & Andersen, Anders Johan W. (2016). "Små ting med stor betydning". En kvalitativ studie av meningsinnholdet i begrepene "mestring" og "verdighet". Tidsskrift for psykisk helsearbeid. ISSN 1503-6707. 13(3), p. 200–209. doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-3010-2016-03-03. Full text in Research Archive
• Andersen, Anders Johan W.; Fredwall, Terje Emil & Larsen, Inger Beate (2016). Framtidstro og underordning: En lesning av tolv lærebøker i psykiatrisk sykepleie og psykiatri. Tidsskrift for psykisk helsearbeid. ISSN 1503-6707. 13(1-2), p. 45–56. doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-3010-2016-01-02-06. Full text in Research Archive
• Eidså, Torunn Helen; Haraldstad, Eli Anne & Larsen, Inger Beate (2016). "Vi ønsker å bli sett, men ønsker ikke å bli sett rart på": om materialitet og mennesker i bofellesskap og dagsentre innen psykisk helsetjeneste i kommunene. Tidsskrift for psykisk helsearbeid. ISSN 1503-6707. 13(1/2), p. 57–67. doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-3010-2016-01-02-07. Full text in Research Archive
• Larsen, Inger Beate & Hohl, Michael (2015). Places as language and text: Christian Norberg-Schulz and Paul Ricoeur inspiring a framework for ethnographic health research. Nordisk sygeplejeforskning. ISSN 1892-2678. 5(2), p. 121–132. Full text in Research Archive
• Larsen, Inger Beate (2015). Dialogiske omgivelser som betydningsfulle for mennesker med psykiske problemer. «Vi blir friskere av å gå her». In Ulland, Dagfinn; Thorød, Anne Brita & Ulland, Erna (Ed.), Psykisk Helse. Nye arenaer, aktører og tilnærminger. Universitetsforlaget. ISSN 9788215024035. p. 30–37. Full text in Research Archive
• Andersen, Anders Johan W.; Larsen, Inger Beate & Ulland, Erna (2015). Bidrag til en ny praksis? Utvikling og forskning i psykisk helsearbeid ved Universitetet i Agder i perioden 2008-2013. Tidsskrift for psykisk helsearbeid. ISSN 1503-6707. 12(1), p. 3–16. Full text in Research Archive
• Ulland, Dagfinn; Andersen, Anders Johan W.; Larsen, Inger Beate & Seikkula, Jaakko (2014). Generating Dialogical Practices in Mental Health: Experiences from Southern Norway, 1998–2008. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research. ISSN 0894-587X. 41(3), p. 410–419. doi: 10.1007/s10488-013-0479-3. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  In Norway and many other countries, political guidelines prescribe the development of mental health strategies with both a service user’s perspective and a treatment system established by the local authority. The development of new strategies frequently involves challenges regarding procedures and treatment as well as a view of knowledge and humanity. Dialogical practices might provide a solution for these challenges not only because of its procedures but also due to its attitudes toward service users. The aim is to explore the implementation of three dialogical practice programs in Southern Norway from 1998 to 2008 and to critically analyze and discuss the authors’ experiences during the implementation process. Three different programs of dialogical practices were initiated, established, and evaluated within the framework of participatory action research. Sustainable changes succeed individually and organizationally when all participants engage as partners during the implementation of new mental health practices. Generating dialogic practice requires shared understanding of the Open Dialogue Approach (ODA) and collaboration between professional networks and among the leaders. Developing a collaboration area that includes service users in all stages of the projects was one of the essential implementation factors. Other factors involved a common vision of ODA by the leaders and the actors, similar experiences, and a culture of collaboration. However, ODA challenged traditional medical therapy and encountered obstacles to collaboration. Perhaps the best way of surmounting those obstacles is to practice ODA itself during the implementation process.

• Bønnhoff, Heidi Esma Dahl & Larsen, Inger Beate (2014). På leting etter et ansikt. Om selvbiografiske perspektiver på å ha en mor eller far med alkoholproblemer. Tidsskrift for psykisk helsearbeid. ISSN 1503-6707. 11(2), p. 103–113. Full text in Research Archive

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• Fredwall, Terje Emil; Larsen, Inger Beate & Presno, Åsne Knutson de (2025). Sykepleie på bortebane. Et innblikk i sykepleierhverdagen i norske høysikkerhetsfengsler. Scandinavian Academic Press. ISBN 9788230403822. 274 p. doi: https:/scandinavianacademicpress.no/produkt/sykepleie-pa-bortebane/. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Sykepleiere har en nøkkelposisjon i helse- og omsorgsarbeidet i fengsel. I denne boka får du et nært og sjeldent innblikk i arbeidshverdagen til disse sykepleierne. Det er ei bok om hva de gjør for å jobbe helsefremmende i anstalter sterkt preget av kontroll og sikkerhet. Om hvorfor håp er så viktig i arbeidet deres. Om hva et fengsel er og kan gjøre med mennesker. Og om den profesjonelle uroen mange av dem opplever i møte med stramme budsjetter og for få ansatte på jobb. Boka baserer seg på intervjuer med seksten sykepleiere i ni norske høysikkerhetsfengsler. Den er skrevet av Terje Emil Fredwall med bidrag av Inger Beate Larsen og Åsne Knutson de Presno.

• Larsen, Inger Beate (2014). "Hold sengen, husk De er syg!". Genius Loci Press. ISBN 9788299962209. 199 p. Full text in Research Archive

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• Eriksen, Alison Axisa; Fredwall, Terje Emil & Larsen, Inger Beate (2024). Negative experiences with primary health care services expressed in complaints to the Health and Social Services Ombudsman. Full text in Research Archive
• Eriksen, Alison Axisa; Fredwall, Terje Emil & Larsen, Inger Beate (2024). Negative erfaringer med kommunale helse- og omsorgstjenester - En tematisk analyse av pasient- og pårørendeklager til Pasient- og brukerombudet i Norge. Full text in Research Archive
• Eriksen, Alison Axisa; Fegran, Liv; Fredwall, Terje Emil & Larsen, Inger Beate (2023). Pasienters negative erfaringer med bruk av helsetjenester brakt frem i lyset av formelle klager: en kvalitativ metasyntese. Full text in Research Archive
• Lindvig, Gunnhild Ruud; Kogstad, Ragnfrid Eline; Strømland, Monica; Larsen, Inger Beate; Topor, Alain Pierre & Bøe, Tore Dag [Show all 19 contributors for this article] (2022). Regjeringens utdaterte forståelse av psykisk helse. Full text in Research Archive
• Topor, Alain Pierre; Larsen, Inger Beate & Bøe, Tore Dag (2021). Kunnskapens prismer. Tidsskrift for psykisk helsearbeid. ISSN 1503-6707. doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-3010-2021-03-02. Full text in Research Archive
• Topor, Alain Pierre; Larsen, Inger Beate & Bøe, Tore Dag (2020). Recovery: Stressing the Social Basis of the Process. Mad in America. Full text in Research Archive
• Topor, Alain Pierre; Larsen, Inger Beate & Bøe, Tore Dag (2020). Recovery – fra personlig reformasjon til sosial transformasjon. Mad in Norway. Full text in Research Archive
• Topor, Alain Pierre; Larsen, Inger Beate & Bøe, Tore Dag (2020). Återhämtning – från personlig reformering till social förändring. Mad in Sweden. Full text in Research Archive
• Topor, Alain Pierre; Larsen, Inger Beate & Bøe, Tore Dag (2020). At komme sig: Fra personlig udvikling til social forandring. Dansk Selskab for Psykosocial Rehabilitering. Full text in Research Archive
• Larsen, Inger Beate & Andersen, Anders Johan W. (2020). Sykepleiehistorie - utdanning før og nå. [Internet]. www.uia.no. Full text in Research Archive
• Friesinger, Jan Georg & Larsen, Inger Beate (2020). «Kontrastene kunne ikke vært større i Arendals byrom for tiden» - Housing First er et bedre alternativ for en mer sosial inkluderende boligpolitikk i Arendal. Agderposten. ISSN 0805-3723. Full text in Research Archive
• Friesinger, Jan Georg; Strømland, Monica & Larsen, Inger Beate (2019). Gammel ide i ny innpakning? Agderposten. ISSN 0805-3723. Full text in Research Archive
• Larsen, Inger Beate; Fredwall, Terje Emil & Andersen, Anders Johan W. (2019). Hvor er pasientstemmene i psykiatrilitteraturen? p. 26–27. Full text in Research Archive
• Fredwall, Terje Emil & Larsen, Inger Beate (2019). Sjømannen som case i psykiatrilitteraturen. Full text in Research Archive
• Larsen, Inger Beate; Fredwall, Terje Emil & Andersen, Anders Johan W. (2019). Hvor er pasientstemmene i psykiatrilitteraturen? p. 24–24. Full text in Research Archive
• Larsen, Inger Beate; Fredwall, Terje Emil & Andersen, Anders Johan W. (2019). Hvor er pasientstemmene i psykiatrilitteraturen? 134(90), p. 6–6. Full text in Research Archive
• Bachke, Carl Christian & Larsen, Inger Beate (2018). Forskeren forklarer: Hvor viktig er egentlig dagsentre? [Internet]. Erfaringskompetanse.no. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Intervjuet gjengir hovedfunnene i en oversiktsstudie om forskning på dagsenter for mennesker med psykiske lidelser (Se Bachke, CC & Larsen, IB,2017. Fra behandling til recovery. En review-studie av forskning på dagsentra for mennesker med psykiske lidelser (2017). Nordisk tidsskrift for helseforskning . ISSN 1504-3614. 13 (2))

• Bøe, Tore Dag; Topor, Alain Pierre & Larsen, Inger Beate (2018). Small things having an unexpected importance. Everyday recovery oriented practices. Full text in Research Archive
• Larsen, Inger Beate (2018). Fra behandling til recovery. Hva hemmer og hva fremmer recovery hos brukere av aktivitetstilbud? Full text in Research Archive
• Larsen, Inger Beate (2018). Psychosis on the sylabus. Full text in Research Archive
• Fredwall, Terje Emil & Larsen, Inger Beate (2018). Med psykose på pensum. Full text in Research Archive
• Larsen, Inger Beate (2017). A place for the heart. Full text in Research Archive
• Larsen, Inger Beate & Holm, Simen Fjellstad (2016). Strenge ordensregler preger livet i omsorgsboliger. [Internet]. psykologisk.no. Full text in Research Archive
• Larsen, Inger Beate (2016). A place for the heart. Full text in Research Archive
• Larsen, Inger Beate (2016). Forskning på dagsentra: A Place for the heart. Full text in Research Archive
• Bøe, Tore Dag; Larsen, Inger Beate & Topor, Alain Pierre (2016). Å hjelpe uten å forstå. Full text in Research Archive
• Larsen, Inger Beate & Thorød, Anne Brita (2015). Går Høie over bekken etter vann? Full text in Research Archive
• Olsen, Jan Arve; Andersen, Anders Johan W.; Larsen, Inger Beate & Ulland, Erna (2015). Bidrar til bedre praksis. [Journal]. TEFT Forskningsmagasin frå Universitetet i Agder. Full text in Research Archive
• Larsen, Inger Beate & Melhuus, Else Cathrine (2015). Dialogical environments: How can material surroundings support or suppress dialogical practices? Full text in Research Archive
• Larsen, Inger Beate & Lindvig, Gunnhild Ruud (2015). Bytt ut Du-er-syk-brillene! Forskning.no. ISSN 1891-635X. Full text in Research Archive
• Larsen, Inger Beate (2015). Et hjem eller en gapestokk. Om mennesker med psykiske lidelser, hjem og nærmiljø. Forskning.no. ISSN 1891-635X. Full text in Research Archive
• Larsen, Inger Beate (2014). Disiplin som omsorg? En analyse av husordensregler innen psykisk helse- og rusfeltet i en Norsk kommune. Full text in Research Archive
• Larsen, Inger Beate (2014). Materiality talks. Including materiality in mental Health research, "Hold sengen, husk De er syg!". Genius Loci Press. ISSN 9788299962209. p. 31–40. Full text in Research Archive
• Larsen, Inger Beate (2014). I alle ting kjærlighet. Om materialitet og nestekjærlighet i omsorgsinstitusjoner, "Hold sengen, husk De er syg!". Genius Loci Press. ISSN 9788299962209. p. 55–66. Full text in Research Archive
• Larsen, Inger Beate (2014). Stedets disiplin. Fra tuberkulosesanatorium til psykiatrisk senter, "Hold sengen, husk De er syg!". Genius Loci Press. ISSN 9788299962209. p. 41–54. Full text in Research Archive
• Larsen, Inger Beate (2021). D Goe Selskab: Et bærekraftig sted En evalueringsrapport om en kafe og bruktbutikk driftet av mennesker med ulike utfordringer bosatt i Birkenes kommune. Universitetet i Agder. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  D Goe Selskab er et sted hvor mennesker med ulike utfordringer, og på frivillig basis, driver kafe og bruktbutikk. Stedet har stor betydning for de som arbeider der. D Gode Selskab har en inkluderende atmosfære, og de som driver stedet viser at de kan bidra i samfunnet til tross for de utfordringer de har i livene sine. Medbestemmelse og fleksibilitet preger stedet. D Goe Selskab kan betegnes som sosialt bærekraftig fordi det setter menneskelige behov i sentrum, bidrar med mer sosial rettferdighet og legger til rette for at mennesker som bor i lokalsamfunnet kan påvirke forhold i nærmiljøet og ellers i kommunen. Jeg vil rette en stor takk til alle som har bidratt til å gi kunnskap om D Goe Selskab. Først og fremst dreier det seg om alle de frivillige som gjentatte ganger har stilt opp til intervju. Det dreier seg også om lederen Tyra Rachel Torp-Bangsund i Birkenes Kommune som på en fremragende måte har gjort det mulig å få så mange av de frivillige i tale. I tillegg vil jeg også takke medlemmene av forskningsgruppa «Et samfunn for alle» for gode innspill underveis i prosessen og i tillegg til deres kommentarer i arbeidet med denne evalueringsrapporten. Sirst, men ikke minst, vil Jeg takke medforsker, Terje Fagersand for den gode jobben han gjorde i gjennomføringen av intervjuene. 30.04.2021 Inger Beate Larsen

• Øydna, May Helena; Larsen, Inger Beate & Danielsen, Kjersti Karoline (2020). Deltakelse i tilrettelagt trening for mennesker med psykiske helseutfordringer : Mer enn bare trening - En kvalitativ studie. Universitetet i Agder. Full text in Research Archive
• Wennesland, Line Kysnes & Larsen, Inger Beate (2019). «Det viktigste er at de blir sett og hørt, ikke å komme igjennom alle skjemaene» -Om behandlingsmodeller og arbeidsformer i BUP. Universitetet i Agder. Full text in Research Archive
• Skeie, Maren & Larsen, Inger Beate (2018). Botrening som bindeledd mellom institusjon og egen bolig - på vei til et rusfritt liv : En kvalitativ studie om muligheter og utfordringer i et botreningstilbud, og betydningen dette tilbudet kan ha for livet etter rusbehandling. Universitetet i Agder. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Background: The transition from inpatient treatment to own accommodation, the so-called “backsliding zone”, should according to research and experience happen as a gradual process where each individual gets more increasing responsibility. In Tyrili the students are offered life skills training as a part of the course of the drug treatment. This offer contributes to strengthen each individual’s ability to master his or her own living- and life situation. The background of this study was to gain knowledge of how life skills training can contribute to a good transition for life after treatment. Problem statement and motivation: The study presents possibilities and challenges in life skills training for drug addicts as a part of the course of treatment. The thesis highlights the importance of the offer based on the contestant’s own experiences. The motivation has been to gain knowledge of the critical phase of ending their treatment, and what makes a successful transition possible. The study can contribute to highlighting life skills training as an integrated part of the course of treatment. Selection and method: The selection consists of four students from the Tyrili Foundation who all have experience with life skills training as a part of drug treatment. The method is a qualitative research interview inspired by Giorgi’s phenomenological analysis. Results: The life skills training service in Tyrili represents several possibilities and challenges. In life skills training the students are given the opportunity to live a life as equal as possible to the one they will be living after treatment. They get training in keeping structure, without the community framework of an institution. The students are also challenged to live in an environment where they are surrounded by drugs, without reacting by getting high. As it appears life skills training illustrates an important link between institution and own accommodation, and symbolizes hope for life after treatment. Conclusion: The study shows that life skills training represents an important component in an integral drug treatment program. With community as a framework, individual needs are also in focus to strengthen each individual’s coping skills to face a drug free life. The study reveals the importance of the life skills training service; a place of possibility with belief in change, despite of everyday challenges. The study suggests life skills training to being essential to a successful treatment. Keywords: Drug treatment, life skills training, transition, accommodation, work/activity, relapse, empowerment

• Larsen, Kristina & Larsen, Inger Beate (2016). Rettsprøving i psykisk helsevern, rettssikkerhet eller en arena for normalisme. Universitetet i Agder. Full text in Research Archive
• Grey, Ann Elizabeth & Larsen, Inger Beate (2016). ”I den Blå himmel” ”Om aktiviteter og mennesker i dagsentra innen psykisk helsetjeneste i kommunene” En analyse om aktivitetenes betydning for psykisk helse. Universitetet i Agder. Full text in Research Archive
• Skagestad, Linda; Larsen, Inger Beate & Bønnhoff, Heidi (2015). Det ekstra leddet? En kvalitativ studie om samarbeidet mellom kommunal psykisk helsetjeneste og ambulerende akutteam. Universitetet i Agder. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Background: When crisis resolution team (CRT) was started up, there was meant to be a telephone number you called for an assessment of a user's need for admission. It has proved in hindsight that it is not the way it works. There is a decline in the number of hospital beds, and users should instead be offered home treatment. After a few years of experience, my view is that cooperation is not optimal between mental health workers in the municipality and CRT. Resarch question and aim: The purpose of this study is to examine how department managers in municipal mental health experience the cooperation with CRT:» what works well and what works less well. The issue is: What experience do managers in municipal mental health have with the cooperation of the ambulatory emergency team? « Range and method: It made a qualitative study and data collection is done by interviews with department managers in municipal mental health services. The study was done with inspiration from hermeneutics and phenomenology. Data collection is done by strategic choice of 5 department managers in mental health work in municipalities that fall under the same CRT. 4 informants have more than 3 years experience, one has less than a year. Results: Mental health workers in the municipality uses CRT when the crisis has occurred. Department managers in municipalities furthest physically away from CRT is most satisfied, as they work in advance and they do not wait until the crisis is occurring. All the informants expressed a wish for a meeting venue in order to exchange experiences and get to know each other. Experience shows little or no cooperation between CRT and municipal mental health services and there are ambiguities around responsibilities and task distribution. Conclusion: CRT is perceived as an additional element. There is little or no cooperation on home treatment of users and unresolved responsibilities and duties. Key words: Crisis resolution team, teamwork, interdisciplinary cooperation, roles, interaction

• Larsen, Inger Beate & Nodeland, Steinar (2015). Mestring og verdighet En kvalitativ studie av meningsinnholdet i begrepene, slik de blir forstått av brukere, pårørende og ansatte innen psykisk helse i Arendal kommune. Universitetet i Agder. Full text in Research Archive
• Larsen, Inger Beate; Haraldstad, Eli Anne & Eidsaa, Torunn Helen (2015). "Vi ønsker å bli sett, men ønsker ikke å bli sett rart på" Om materialitet og mennesker i bofellesskap og dagsentra innen psykisk helsetjeneste i kommunene. Universitetet i Agder. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Studien retter søkelyset mot bofellesskap og dagsentra beregnet for mennesker med psykiske lidelser. Bakgrunnen for bygging av bofellesskap og dagsentra var den omfattende deinstitusjonaliseringen som fant sted i hele den vestlige verden etter andre verdenskrig. Hensikten med denne studien er å undersøke hvorvidt de materielle stedene støtter opp om intensjonene bak oppførelsen av bofellesskap og dagsentra; om stedene bidrar til gode levekår og et bedre liv for brukerne. Fokus er på materialitet, regler og rutiner med utgangspunkt i forholdet mellom menneskene og det bygde sted. Problemstillingen er følgende: Hvilken betydning kan bofellesskap og dagsentra innen psykisk helsetjeneste i kommunene ha for sosial integrering, normalisering og levekår? Dette er et kvalitativt studie med etnografisk tilnærming der vi har brukt deltakende observasjon som hovedmetode. Vi har utført feltarbeid i et bofellesskap og et dagsenter. Analyseprosessen er inspirert av Malteruds systematiske tekstkondensering. Funnene viser at a) stedene bærer preg av en videreføring av de tidligere institusjoners tilbud; hjem og fritid blir institusjonalisert, og dette kommer tydelig frem i bofellesskapets rammer, b) stedene bidrar til mindre ensomhet og c) beboere og brukere trives; de setter sitt personlige preg på stedene og gjør det til sitt eget. En del har fått bedre levekår sammenlignet med hvordan de har hatt det før. Studien peker mot at stedene er med på å gi mennesker som trenger hjelp en bedre hverdag, men at det fortsatt er en vei å gå med tanke på sosial integrering, normalisering og bedring av levekår.

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